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5 stars:
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (2020) - Deesha Philyaw
The Girl with the Louding Voice (2020) - Abi Daré
4 stars:
A Single Man (1964) - Christopher Isherwood
Ethan Frome (1911) - Edith Wharton
Love (1971) - Angela Carter
Kindred (1979) - Octavia Butler
Small Things Like These (2020) - Claire Keegan
A Silent Voice vol. 1 & 2 (2015) - Yoshitoki Oima
This One Summer (2014) - Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki
I’ve read 20 books so far. How do I rate my books? It really just depends on my mood & I don’t really have a list of rules. I haven’t read anything for April (finals & everything ugh).
I’ve been listening to Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova on audiobook during my long commutes. And I attempted to start reading 2666 by Roberto Bolaño but I’ve only read maybe 10 pages. It’s a very thick book haha
Apr 22, 2024
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This year I couldn't read that many books because of the thesis, but I read some, aside from everything I recommended under the section On Reading, from my profile in case you want to check it out.
· A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara: my controversial opinion is that it was meh. I was expecting to have a divisive opinion like almost all of the people who read it but I thought the conversations were a bit monotonous and because there's a behavioral pattern that goes for 800 pages, I sort of already knew what to expect. Like every time Jude feels a little bit of happiness I would go in my head like all right, what's the other traumatic event that follows?😒 It didn't need to be 800 pages long but I still enjoyed the plot.
· Blindness-José Saramago: José Saramago is such a good writer for chaos. Loved Death with Interruptions as well. I think these are two of my favorite books.
· Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu. Loved it. I'm biased because I love vampires, but still. Now I want to read Carmen María Machado's edition I found out exists because someone commented it to me under their post.
· Cat Person-Kristen Roupenian. One of my favorite short stories.
· Heaven-Mieko Kawakami: the descriptions of bullying were pretty brutal but there's something about this book that made me go meh. Maybe it's because I thought it was so matter of fact that I didnt feel the prose was particularly moving.
· How To Win Friends And Influence People-Dale Carnegie. (My humiliation rituals are not for you to comment on). I've applied some of the advice and it works, who would've known?
· Soy Una Tonta por Quererte-Camila Sosa Villada. Read this collection of short stories after her book Bad Girls, which remains superior before my eyes, even though I enjoyed most of the stories.
· The Garden of Time-JG Ballard. Read this because I wanted to understand that MET Gala theme. Enjoyed it.
· The Yellow Wallpaper-Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Probably my favorite short story ever.
Jan 1, 2025
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seeing if this is a good way to keep track-- will post a rec for the good ones!
malpertuis - jean ray ⭐⭐
the true deceiver - tove jansson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
girl online - joanna walsh ⭐️
the summer book - tove jansson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
nightbitch - rachel yoder ⭐️⭐️
motherthing- ainslie hogarth ⭐️⭐️⭐️
[quickly revisiting of mice and men] ⭐⭐⭐⭐
the left hand of darkness - ursula k. le guin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
the animal lover's book of beastly murder - patricia highsmith ⭐⭐⭐⭐
parable of the sower - octavia butler ⭐⭐⭐⭐
several people are typing - calvin kasulke ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
parable of the sower - octavia butler ⭐️⭐️⭐️
adversarially evolved hallucinations - trevor paglen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
the factory - hiroko oyamada ⭐️⭐️
incidents around the house - josh malerman ⭐️⭐️⭐️
earthlings - sayaka murata ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jan 15, 2024
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Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Here After by Amy Lin
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Lies And Weddings by Kevin Kwan
Funny Story by Emily Henry
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
I'm A Fan by Sheena Patel
Also throwing in my current read, A Lady For A Duke by Alexis Hall. I hear that it gets kinda slow in the middle, which I'm coming up on, but the first half alone makes it one of the greatest romances I've ever read.
Nov 5, 2024
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I saw this post and it made me pause and think. Hmm… how would I answer that question
Mar 15, 2025
“This, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human.” - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Feb 14, 2025
One of my colleagues brought King cake today and I got to try some for the first time. I have to say it tasted pretty good (I wanted to go back for more 💀).
She then told me about the plastic baby baked inside the cake, and that whoever finds it gets good luck.
I didn’t expect to be the one to find it haha. How cool is that! First time eating it and I get the baby. It really made me day hehe.
I looked it up and the little baby is called a fève.
Mar 4, 2025